Thames Ditton
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Lawrence and Peggy Berg
My uncle Lawrence married Peggy Smurthwaite in about 1935 and took over the Hinchley Wood Hotel. It was already well-known to him and his brother, Ellis, because he was a partner in the building firm E & L Berg which had developed an estate over the other side of the Kingston Bypass. Though he knew little or nothing of the licenced trade, his wife, Peggy, was the daughter of teh Smurthwaites of the Kingston Hotel (now demolished). They later moved to the Roundabouts Hotel in West Chiltington, West Sussex; while there they began building. After Lawrence's death Peggy continued building, having disposed of the Roundabouts. The Hinchley Wood Hotel has gone, sadly. It was a meeting place for service men and ...read more here
A memory of Hinchley Wood contributed by Ellis Berg
Molesey Pictures
My nan was the usherette at Molesey Picturehouse.She then became manager and stayed there until it was knocked down. This was next to Roberts radio. Does anybody remember her?
A memory of East Molesey contributed by terry cracknell
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During the war my uncle was in the army with a man called Bert Sprake. When they got out of the army Bert opened a butchers shop in the parade almost opposite Plough Road. I used to go into his shop and help him make the sausages. I never got paid for it but it was great fun. I lived in Oakdale Road for the first 19 years of my life so that shopping parade I just loved. I used to wait for the 468 outside the sweet shop knowing my nan would get off the bus and I would get some sweets. I look at the parade today and make no comment.
A memory of West Ewell contributed by jackie ferry
United Dairies Walton on Thames
I remember the restaurant at the United Dairies in Walton where I used to have lunch.
A memory of Walton-On-Thames contributed by Peter Coleman
Extracts From Thames Ditton & Surrey books
The best part of Thames Ditton architecturally is north and west of this viewpoint, which shows the post office at
the High Street’s junction with Ashley Road. The lime tree on the right has been replaced by another, and the
post office is still here, its roughcast now painted white. Leonard North’s garage has gone, to be replaced by a
pair of Surrey vernacular-style cottages. The parade to the left survives. Beyond are two of the big houses that
line the north end of the High Street, mostly late Georgian and earlier 19th-century.
An extract from from"Surrey Living Memories".
Although still labelled Dunton’s, the ferry and boat-building business now belongs to the Davy
family. Sailing dinghies were becoming popular, and sailing clubs were established on both sides of
the river. The number of small cruisers moored on the opposite bank indicates the increasing use of
motor boats for pleasure from this time onwards.
An extract from from"Weybridge Town and City Memories".
This shows both sides of the river. The punt crossed the Thames to a slipway to the right of Dunton’s
boathouse, and the fare was 1d. Thence it was a short walk to Shepperton Lock, where one could watch
the progress of craft up and down the Thames to Chertsey or Walton. The beach in the foreground seems
to be a result of inadequate dredging. It provided extra space for spectators when regattas took place.
An extract from from"Weybridge Town and City Memories".
The Eyot (meaning island) is called after Richard D’Oyly Carte; he strengthened the banks of a small
island in the River Thames below Shepperton Lock, and built this large house upon it in 1889. It was
intended that the building would act as an annexe to the Savoy Hotel in London, which D’Oyly Carte
owned; but no licence was granted, so the house came to be used as a private residence.
An extract from from"Weybridge Town and City Memories".
These pillars are situated about halfway between the Thames and the town. They were originally part of the Portmore Park estate, which
belonged to the Duke of Norfolk in the 17th century. By the 19th century the mansion was in ruins, and the estate was bought by Peter
Locke King in 1861. The pillars were acquired by a Mr Ward, who bought Clinton House and land opposite in 1882. When the roads on
the Portmore estate were adopted by Weybridge UDC in the 1890s, following extensive house building, Mr Ward presented the pillars to
the council on condition that they were preserved as we see them in the photograph.
An extract from from"Weybridge Town and City Memories".